Epidemic sweeping the UK

In the ten days since the London Marathon finished (apart from Phil Packer - go on son!), PRL towers has been monitoring an epidemic sweeping the e-marathon community.

The latest reports being collated by the sophisticated monitoring equipment in my super secret bunker have detected an alarming pattern.

I'm sorry to announce that it looks like marathonitis is sweeping the country.

Symptons include:

• forgetting how much pain you were in
• the niggling thought that you can go faster
• amazement at how much fitter you've become
• being tempted to run in other races - even marathons - "just to see how I do"

There's no known cure, though lethargy and spouses/significant others' consternation at the sufferer not returning to 'normal' domestic life have been known to mask the symptoms (though they never actually go away!).

The best treatment found is to enter the ballot for the London Marathon in 2010, or find other events around the world.